Theurgy Theory & Practice: The Mysteries of the Ascent to the Divine
P.D. Newman
In this detailed study, P. D. Newman pushes the roots of theurgy all the way back before the time of Homer. He shows how the Chaldean Oracles were not only written in Homeric Greek but also in dactylic hexameter, the same meter as the epics of Homer. Linking the Greek shamanic practices of the late Archaic period with the theurgic rites of late antiquity, the author explains how both anabasis, soul ascent, and katabasis, soul descent, can be considered varieties of shamanic soul flight and how these practices existed in ancient Greek culture prior to the influx of shamanic influence from Thrace and the Hyperborean North.
Година:
2023
Език:
english
ISBN 10:
164411836X
ISBN 13:
9781644118368
Файл:
EPUB, 600 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2023